Jammu, Nov. 21 -- The CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu under the aegis of union Ministry of Science and Technology and the flagship Mission on Floriculture on Thursday kick-started its annual Tulip plantation at its Field Station Bonera in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Official communique here said that under the Mission CSIR-IIIM has initiated tulip cultivation at Field Station Bonera since 2022 with the primary objectives of indigenising tulip bulb production, developing agro-technological protocols and expanding crop cultivation.
Dr Zabeer Ahmed Director CSIR-IIIM, inaugurated the plantation and said, "Pursuant to the Prime Minister's clarion call for a self-reliant India and with the vision of Viksit Bharat...